{"id":61759,"date":"2015-09-08T13:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61759"},"modified":"2015-09-08T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:08:44","slug":"donald-trump-has-more-training-militarily-than-a-lot-of-the-guys-that-go-into-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61759","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump has \u201cmore training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, I’ll admit that is just the New York Times<\/a> playing gotcha with another Republican, but it’s still pretty stupid of Trump to open himself to criticism like this;<\/p>\n

Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless \u201calways felt that I was in the military\u201d because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump said that his experience at the New York Military Academy, an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor behavior, gave him \u201cmore training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Actually, through much of the Vietnam War, Trump took advantage of deferments to avoid any real military service, because everyone during that era only served when they were forced to serve, if you listen to the stank-ass hippies. You know, even though 9 million Americans served during the Vietnam and only 1.7 million were actually draftees. Only about 600,000 of those ended up in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy number was so incredible and it was a very high draft number. Anyway so I never had to do that, but I felt that I was in the military in the true sense because I dealt with those people,\u201d he told Mr. D\u2019Antonio.<\/p>\n

The author seemed taken aback by this claim. Not many of the academy\u2019s alumni \u201cwould compare military school with actual military service,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut the assertion was consistent with the self-image Trump often expressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an interview for the book, Mr. Trump removed a shoe to show the author the cause of his medical deferment. \u201cHeel spurs,\u201d he said. \u201cOn both feet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, those bone spurs didn’t seem to hinder his sports career; Trump was a member of the varsity football team in 1962, the varsity soccer team in 1963, and the varsity baseball team from 1962-1964. He was also the Cadet Captain-S4 (Cadet Battalion Logistics Officer) and lead his school in the Memorial Day parade down Fifth Avenue in 1964.<\/p>\n

In other words, in typical Trump fashion, appearances are more important than substance. He could parade like a champ, but that “killing people and breaking things”, well, that’s for the working class.<\/p>\n

Now, we’re going to be treated to more Trump as he refuses to apologize and doubles down on the dumb, in typical Trump fashion once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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